Ford F-150 Complaints (2013)

2,994 consumer complaints on file.

#11267803October 10, 2019
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO REV TO MAX RPMS. THIS RESULTED IN A SUDDEN JOLT OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND RAPID DECELERATION. VEHICLES TRAVELING BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM THEIR BRAKES TO NARROWLY AVOID REAR ENDING ME BECAUSE THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN SO SUDDENLY AND WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS AS A WARNING. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 2 DAYS SINCE THIS HAPPENED, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS ACTED ERRATICALLY BY GOING UP AND DOWN FROM 0 TO HIGHWAY SPEED OF 60MPH WHILE I WAS TRAVELING WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60. THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SHIFT ERRATICALLY INTO A GEAR THAT WOULD MATCH THE SPEED OF WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATES EVEN THOUGH THE TRUE SPEED IS 60MPH. THESE SUDDEN DOWN SHIFTS SEEM TO HAVE DAMAGED MY TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE TRUCK NOW HAS ISSUES GOING INTO GEAR FROM A STOP AND WILL REV TO OVER 4000 RPM WITHOUT SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR TO START MOVING. ONCE IT'S MOVING, THE TRANSMISSION OFTEN SHIFTS ERRATICALLY WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER ACTS UP. I WILL NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK ANYMORE EXCEPT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT IS TOO DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11267295October 9, 2019
ENGINE
TIMING CHAIN FOR ECOBOOST STRETCHES AND ENGINE KNOCKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11266460October 5, 2019
STEERING
TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON I DON'T HAVE POWER STEERING AT ALL IN MY 2013 FORD F150 ECO-BOOST AND I NOTICED WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD OUTSIDE I DON'T HAVE POWER STERING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265736October 2, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHEN PULLING OFF OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET ONTO A CITY STREET THE EVENING OF OCT 1, 2019 (SPEED LIMIT 45 MPH) MY TRUCK GOT STUCK IN 1ST GEAR. WITH TRAFFIC AROUND ME, I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO 3RD 2ND AND 1ST, BUT NO CHANGE. I WENT BACK TO DRIVE AND STILL NO CHANGE. THEN A WRENCH SHOWED UP NEXT TO THE ODOMETER AND THE ODOMETER WENT TO - - - - - AND SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0, RPM STILL WORKED. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF TRUCK AND RESTARTED AND ALL WAS FINE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE, BUT WHEN I SHIFTED TO 3RD, IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION RELATED REPROGRAM RECALL COMPLETED ON 23 SEPT. BOTH SHIFTING EVENTS OCCURRED AFTER THE REPROGRAM. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN IF IT HAPPENS AT A BUSY TIME. FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME BOTH TIMES. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A MECHANICAL PROBLEM BECAUSE TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND IMMEDIATELY TURNING ON CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BOTH TIMES. IT COULD BE COINCIDENTAL THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AFTER THE REPROGRAM, BUT I WANTED TO REPORT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. IT SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM SOME PEOPLE REGARDING THE LEAD FRAME ISSUE REPORTED ON THE 2012 MODEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11259094September 30, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55 MILES AN HOUR, MY TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM 4TH GEAR TO 1ST GEAR WITH NO REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11265254September 30, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UPON TRYING TO PASS OR ACCELERATE MY TRUCK ,IT LOSS POWER AND BOGGLE DOWN CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ARE ON. LEAVING MY HOUSE THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY DISTANATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11258485September 27, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE, WARNING LIGHT FOR LOW BRAKE FLUID. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11258594September 27, 2019
STEERING
INITIALLY NOTICED SUBTLE ISSUES WITH STEERING WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND INTERSTATE, FOLLOWED BY A WARNING MESSAGE ON MY DASH BOARD STATING 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT'. POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT TEMPORARILY, LEAVING NO OPTION BUT TO PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK, AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. DEALERSHIP STATED THE ENTIRE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THIS BEING AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. WHEN RESEARCHING, IT APPEARS MANY OTHER FORD VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE, AND NOT JUST WITH F150S. OTHER YEARS WERE RECALLED DUE TO THIS SAME ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING DESIGN, JUST NOT MY YEAR. APPEARS THIS IS THE SAME FAULTY DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257428September 23, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TRAVELLING IN 30-35MPH ZONE WHEN ALL POWER DROPS - THE DASH SCREEN LIT UP ORANGE WITH THE WRENCH ICON, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THROTTLE RESPONSE WAS LOST WHICH MADE THE TRUCK SLOW DOWN. I VEERED OVER INTO THE TURN LANE AS THE TRUCK CAME TO A STOP. WHEN IT STOPPED, IT WAS IDLING VERY ROUGHLY. THE THROTTLE WAS BARELY RESPONSIVE... I COULD ONLY INCH FORWARD (EVEN IF I FLOORED IT), BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. I SHUT THE TRUCK OFF, WAITED 10 SECONDS, TURNED IT BACK ON, AND ALL WAS WELL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN 3 WEEKS. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257116September 21, 2019
STEERING
THE ELECTRIC STEERING ACTUATOR IS MAKING A SQUEALING SOUND AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS A LITTLE WHEN UNWINDING OUT OF A TURN LIKE IT WAS BINDING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11256073September 17, 2019
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH ON A CITY ROAD THE TRUCK SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED INTO EITHER 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. THIS CAUSED A SUDDEN SLOW DOWN AND LOSS OF POWER WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE POWERTRAIN WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED AND MY TRUCK WENT INTO LIMP MODE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE RIDE HOME. AFTER PARKING MY TRUCK AND RE STARTING THE VEHICLE, NO WARNING INDICATORS ARE VISIBLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ON AND THE TRUCK SEEMS TO BE OPERATING NORMAL. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID MY TRUCK WAS UNDER THE RECALL, BUT NO FIX WAS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THEN TOLD ME TO TAKE MY TRUCK TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD TELL ME IF IT WAS SAFE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE. QUICK RECAP: THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED, SUDDEN SLOW DOWN, RECALL STATES THIS MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE, FORD SAYS NO FIX AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, FORD ALSO SAYS TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT THE DEALERSHIP CANT FIX IT. FORD ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION STATING THE VEHICLE WAS OR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255860September 16, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE MORE THAN 10 MPH. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN FAULT WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE WAS BETWEEN 180 TO 190 DEGREES. ALSO, ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HESITATE AND TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255489September 14, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
GOT INTO MY TRUCK THIS MORNING AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND IN THE DISPLAY IT SHOWED LOW BRAKE FLUID. I FILLED UP THE RESERVOIR AND PUMPED BRAKES AND THEY WERE GOOD SO I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 15 MILES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN AND THE DISPLAY SAID LOW BRAKE FLUID. GOT VEHICLE BACK TO HOUSE AND FILLED IT BACK UP WITH BRAKE FLUID AND PUMPED BRAKES AND NO LEAKS BUT STILL LOSING FLUID. CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND FORD HAD A RECALL OF THE BRAKE RESERVOIR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE BOOSTER BUT IT WAS FOR AUGUST 2013 AND MY TRUCK WAS MADE IN JUNE OF 2013 SO I DIDN'T GET A RECALL. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY TRUCK. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND INCLUDE MORE VEHICLES IN THIS RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED BECAUSE THEIR BRAKES FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11255509September 14, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING A WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THE CAR DECELERATES AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR. COME TO STOP WITH ENGINE SHUDDERING. CHECKED ENGINE CODE AS P2112. OPERATING ON FLAT SURFACE STREET AT 45 MPH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254597September 11, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
WHILE ACCELERATING QUICKLY, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS TO SPIN THE TIRES, THE VEHICLE STARTED "BUCKING". I WAS DOING ABOUT 35-40 WHEN IT GOT PRETTY BAD. THE ENGINE FELT AS IF IT WAS STOPPING AND STARTING VERY QUICKLY. IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY HARD TO CONTROL AND IT CAUSES THE TRUCK TO NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY OR EVEN REACH HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND DID NOT STOP FLASHING FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. THE TRUCK WOULD ALSO NOT LET ME ACCELERATE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254339September 10, 2019
ENGINE
I HAVE BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS WARPED AND LEAKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254514September 10, 2019
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V075000 (POWER TRAIN). PURVIS FORD LINCOLN (3660 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY, FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22408, (540) 898-3000) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. THE POWERTRAIN MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER TRAIN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. *BF *JB *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11254589September 10, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
VEHICLE WAS PULLING A LIGHT-WEIGHT TRAILER WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. WE GLIDED OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY AND DRIFTED UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO SLOW. THE BRAKES WOULD WORK SLIGHTLY WHEN PRESSED EXTREMELY HARD. THE BRAKE FAILURE LIGHTS APPEARED. WE HAVE A 2013 F150 WITH THE EXACT PROBLEMS AS THE RECALLED TRUCKS--BUT, OUR VIN/TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11253100September 4, 2019
AIR BAGS
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT 6:10 IN THE MORNING. WE JUST TURNED ON THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE TRAVELLING BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH. THERE WAS A HORSE IN MY LANE AND I DID NOT SEE IT. WE HIT THE HORSE IN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF. WE WERE NOT INJURED BUT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11252587August 31, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
FAILING ELECTRONIC STEERING GEAR IN THE ELECTRONIC POWERED ASSIST STEERING SEE HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2013/FORD/F-150/11230111.ASPX
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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